Playmates

Playmates

1926

Oil on canvas

Mått 52,50 x 37,00 cm Ram 71,00 x 56,00 x 4,00 cm

GKM 0971

Gift of Ernst and Conny Colliander, 1934

In Playmates (1926), her daughter and a slightly older girl are sitting with a book in front of them. The girl on the left is looking straight at the viewer with large, cat-like eyes, while her friend, Ginga, is looking down at the book. The girl on the left has a sharply defined nose and eyebrows, while both girls have the pouting mouths and round cheeks of infancy. The painting was done with coarse brushstrokes that powerfully model the girls’ faces, bodies, and hair and the large book, which they are both helping to keep open with their right hands. The painting is dominated by ochre tones with touches of red. The sprawling, indeterminate shape in black on Ginga’s front contributes to the image’s impact. Philippa Nanfeldt from The Collection Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg 2014

Lidköping, Läckö slott i samarbete m Västergötalands turistråd, 16/06/1986 - 17/08/1986

Mikela Lundahl, Eva Ström, Birgitta Flensburg, Vera Nilsson, red. Mårten Castenfors, Birgitta Flensburg, Louise Fogelström, Liljevalchs, Mjellby konstmuseum, Norrköpings konstmuseum, Stockholm 2014., ill. p. 57 Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Björn Fredlund, Anna Hyltze, Philippa Nanfeldt, Isabella Nilsson, Johan Sjöström, Samlingen Göteborgs konstmuseum, red. Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Anna Hyltze, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Göteborg 2014., p. 358, ill. p. 355